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• David (Paul) Yonggi Cho: Found Guilty of Embezzlement

  By CSF on February 26, 2014 • ( 0 )

  Originally posted on ccithink:
  David Yonggi Cho (also known as Paul Yonggi Cho) was found guilty this week of the embezzlement 12 million dollars in church funds. It seems he allowed his son to sell the church stocks at a…

• Goodbye to Dee Laverne!

  By CSF on January 9, 2014 • ( 5 )

  Dee Laverne Fowler was a dear, dear woman and my mother. She died today. She was eighty-two and had been struggling with the aftermath of a stroke since July, but still her passing comes as a surprise. I will miss… Read More ›

• The Incident on Southwest Airlines Flight 479

  By CSF on December 12, 2013 • ( 2 )

  An incident happened on Southwest Airlines Flight 479 from Chicago to New York’s LaGuardia Airport last night. I was on that flight. A man came very close to being placed on a different flight because of an argument with a… Read More ›

• Answers on the Left, Waiting on the Right

  By CSF on November 26, 2013 • ( 2 )

  Something encouraging occurred to me some time ago concerning prayer. There were two or three things I was intensely praying about, needing an answer. I watched as the Lord supplied all but one of those needs. Because the need that… Read More ›

• How to interact with the introverted… – The Meta Picture

  By CSF on November 10, 2013 • ( 0 )

  This is so true!!   How to interact with the introverted… – The Meta Picture. via How to interact with the introverted… – The Meta Picture.

• Maybe The Liberals Will Love You Now! The Bushes and Same-Sex Marriage

  By CSF on September 26, 2013 • ( 1 )

  It has widely been reported that former President George H. W. Bush, or “Bush 41” as he is called, served as a witness at a gay marriage ceremony in Maine. The newlyweds were some of his long time friends. I… Read More ›

• Your thoughts on this Tozer Quote . . .

  By CSF on September 25, 2013 • ( 0 )

  Originally posted on ccithink:
  I recently discovered this quote from Tozer that I think is priceless. What do you think he is saying? A. W. Tozer (Photo credit: Wikipedia) “It will cost something to walk slow in the parade of…

• The Two Questions . . .

  By CSF on September 23, 2013 • ( 0 )

  (The following questions are put forth as concisely worded reminders to help you be accountable to the all-important privilege and opportunity for daily prayer. The key, if your answers are negative, is not to become discouraged, guilty, or to find… Read More ›

• Did You Really Mean What You Said Mr. Pope Francis Sir?!

  By CSF on September 20, 2013 • ( 0 )

  Originally posted on ccithink:
  By Scott Fowler In a recent interview with La Civilta Cattolica, an Italian Jesuit magazine, Pope Francis expresses his concern that the Catholic Church, at least as it pertains to its moral credibility, might “fall like…

• Tozer’s Prayer for The Knowledge of the Holy

  By CSF on September 18, 2013 • ( 0 )

  Originally posted on ccithink:
  A. W. Tozer (Photo credit: Wikipedia) By Scott Fowler In one of his sermons titled, “The God of All Creation,” which I assume was given near the end of his ministry but before he published The…

• No Place for Tim Tebow in the NFL? Really

  By CSF on September 18, 2013 • ( 0 )

  So, this is just a simple, oversimplified, outsider’s view of the Tim Tebow football situation. (Outsider not because I am uninterested in the NFL. I just don’t have time to let it become a major focus of my life.) I… Read More ›

• Socrates in the City: One of New York’s Best Kept Secrets

  By CSF on September 16, 2013 • ( 1 )

  Originally posted on ccithink:
  Greuter Socrates (Photo credit: Wikipedia) By Scott Fowler I am now a veteran of two Socrates in the City events. (I was there for John Lennox—Oxford scholar and professor and former student of C. S. Lewis!—earlier…

• The Hindu Festival Called Holi and The Color Run

  By CSF on September 8, 2013 • ( 0 )

  Originally posted on ccithink:
  DC Color Run 5K (Photo credit: Cosmic Smudge) Girl at Holi Phagwa (Photo credit: Wikipedia) By now most people have heard of The Color Run. The Color Run company is a “for profit” venture though the…

• In Plain English . . .

  By CSF on September 5, 2013 • ( 0 )

  At a certain, specific moment in time, the Second Person of the Godhead, came down to earth and took on a human form and identity in order to reach the human race that had been lost due to sin. He… Read More ›

• Meditation #17 By John Donne

  By CSF on August 22, 2013 • ( 1 )

  Perchance, he for whom this bell tolls may be so ill, as that he knows not it tolls for him; and perchance I may think myself so much better than I am, as that they who are about me, and… Read More ›

• Sen. Paul: US Churches Should Challenge the IRS – Politics – CBN News – Christian News 24-7 – CBN.com

  By CSF on July 24, 2013 • ( 0 )

  Sen. Paul: US Churches Should Challenge the IRS – Politics – CBN News – Christian News 24-7 – CBN.com. via Sen. Paul: US Churches Should Challenge the IRS – Politics – CBN News – Christian News 24-7 – CBN.com.

• What hath Uncle Remus to do with Phyllis Tickle? The Tickle Chronicles Part 3

  By CSF on July 23, 2013 • ( 0 )

  Originally posted on ccithink:
  Uncle Remus as portrayed by James Baskett in Song of the South (Photo credit: Wikipedia) This is part 3 of The Tickle Chronicles. Tickle, an extremely articulate and highly influential voice in the Emergence Christian movement,…

• The Tickle Chronicles, Part 2

  By CSF on July 4, 2013 • ( 0 )

  Originally posted on ccithink:
  Veritas Conversation with Phyllis Tickle and Carmen Acevedo Butcher, 3/3/11 (Photo credit: Wyoming_Jackrabbit) This is part two of my series on Phyllis Tickle. Having been exposed to her through video and print, I ventured to ask…

• What we can expect with the gay rights issue . . .

  By CSF on June 29, 2013 • ( 1 )

  Since gay rights have now successfully been elevated to the level of a civil rights issue–along with women’s suffrage and black civil rights, as per our President’s inaugural speech–I think we will see the current celebration roll into a full-fledged… Read More ›

• A Disgusting Tweet by Our President!!

  By CSF on June 26, 2013 • ( 1 )

  Texas Abortion Ban Dies in Senate after Filibuster – Politics – CBN News – Christian News 24-7 – CBN.com. via A Disgusting Tweet by Our President!!.